{"product_id":"children-in-colonial-america-9780814757161","title":"Children in Colonial America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Pilgrims and Puritans did not arrive on the shores of New England alone. Nor did African men and women, brought to the Americas as slaves. Though it would be hard to tell from the historical record, European colonists and African slaves had children, as did the indigenous families whom they encountered, and those children's life experiences enrich and complicate our understanding of colonial America.\u003cbr\u003eThrough essays, primary documents, and contemporary illustrations, \u003cb\u003eChildren in Colonial America\u003c\/b\u003e examines the unique aspects of childhood in the American colonies between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. The twelve original essays observe a diverse cross-section of children--from indigenous peoples of the east coast and Mexico to Dutch-born children of the Plymouth colony and African-born offspring of slaves in the Caribbean--and explore themes including parenting and childrearing practices, children's health and education, sibling relations, child abuse, mental health, gender, play, and rites of passage.\u003cbr\u003eTaken together, the essays and documents in \u003cb\u003eChildren in Colonial America\u003c\/b\u003e shed light on the ways in which the process of colonization shaped childhood, and in turn how the experience of children affected life in colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Marten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.02w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814757161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2007 pg. 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarten, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJames Marten\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Marquette University. He is author or editor of more than a dozen books including The Children's Civil War and four NYU Press books: Children and War: A Historical Anthology; Children in Colonial America; Children and Youth in a New Nation; and Children and Youth during the Civil War Era.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreven, Philip J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Greven\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus at Rutgers University and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Protestant Temperament: Patterns of Child-rearing, Religious Experience, and the Self in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183701405811,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_1101ca1d-6796-4827-80e4-4549de366bb0.jpg?v=1655558195","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/children-in-colonial-america-9780814757161","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}